Obviously I still have questions and will likely file an appeal. One question is about the numbering. If there is a a policy called “13-02” does that mean it was the second policy announcement from 2013? From my review of these files, that appears to be how they’re numbered. But, if that’s the case, why weren’t the rest of them produced?

The response letter identifies a document entitled “The Draft Emergency Stay United Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)” but says that document is being withheld as “pre-decisional” under exemption (b)(5). But as long as it’s a guidance memorandum and not specific to any person’s case, it’s almost impossible that document is “pre-decisional.” Maricopa Audubon Soc’y v. United States Forest Serv.,108 F.3d 1089, 1094 (9th Cir. 1997) (“the agency must identify a specific decision to which the document is predecisional”).